http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=217800173 By Thomas Claburn InformationWeek June 8, 2009 Jeff Moss, founder of the Black Hat and DefCon security conferences, was one of 16 people appointed to the Department of Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) on Friday. The HSAC is composed of individuals with extensive security and policy experience from state and local government, the private sector, and academia. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano said that members of the HSAC will bring unique expertise and insight to the DHS's mission to keep the U.S. secure. Moss used to work in information security for Ernst & Young and as a director of Secure Computing Corporation. Online, he goes by the handle Dark Tangent. The fact that the noted hacker is will be palling around with other HSAC members like former FBI director Louis Freeh and William Webster, former director of both the FBI and CIA at different times, shows that the government is casting a wide net for perspectives on cybersecurity. [...] _____________________________________________ Visit the InfoSec News security bookstore! http://www.shopinfosecnews.orgReceived on Tue Jun 09 2009 - 02:05:25 PDT
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